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Chess World Cup 2025 prize money

$2,000,000 paid to all 206 players in Goa, 31 October 2025 to 27 November 2025. Javokhir Sindarov won it and was paid $120,000, and the 78 players out in the first round were paid $3,500 each.

PAID OUT $2.0m
THE WINNER $120,000
PLAYERS PAID 206
FIRST ROUND $3,500

What each round paid

One player's prize for going out at each stage

10 rungs

Went out Players Each Between them
WINNER 1 $120,000 $120,000
Runner-up 1 $85,000 $85,000
Third place 1 $60,000 $60,000
Fourth place 1 $50,000 $50,000
Quarter-finals 4 $35,000 $140,000
Round 5 8 $25,000 $200,000
Round 4 16 $17,000 $272,000
Round 3 32 $11,000 $352,000
Round 2 64 $7,000 $448,000
Round 1 78 $3,500 $273,000

Where the money went, round by round

Round 1 $273k
Round 2 $448k
Round 3 $352k
Round 4 $272k
Round 5 $200k
Quarter-finals $140k
Fourth place $50k
Third place $60k
Runner-up $85k
Winner $120k

The first round cost FIDE $273,000, 14% of the pot, against 6.0% for the winner. A knockout pays its first-round losers more between them than it pays its champion, because there are so many more of them.

Every player paid in Goa

All 206 players, by what they won

206 players

Javokhir Sindarov $120k Wei Yi $85k Andrey Esipenko $60k Nodirbek Yakubboev $50k Alexander Donchenko $35k Arjun Erigaisi $35k José Martínez Alcántara $35k Sam Shankland $35k Aleksey Grebnev $25k Daniil Dubov $25k Frederik Svane $25k Gabriel Sargissian $25k
Player Federation Went out Prize money
Javokhir Sindarov Uzbekistan Winner $120,000
Wei Yi China Runner-up $85,000
Andrey Esipenko FIDE flag Third place $60,000
Nodirbek Yakubboev Uzbekistan Fourth place $50,000
Alexander Donchenko Germany Quarter-finals $35,000
Arjun Erigaisi India Quarter-finals $35,000
José Martínez Alcántara Mexico Quarter-finals $35,000
Sam Shankland United States Quarter-finals $35,000
Aleksey Grebnev FIDE flag Round 5 $25,000
Daniil Dubov FIDE flag Round 5 $25,000
Frederik Svane Germany Round 5 $25,000
Gabriel Sargissian Armenia Round 5 $25,000
Lê Quang Liêm Vietnam Round 5 $25,000
Levon Aronian United States Round 5 $25,000
Pentala Harikrishna India Round 5 $25,000
Samuel Sevian United States Round 5 $25,000
Alexey Sarana Serbia Round 4 $17,000
Awonder Liang United States Round 4 $17,000
Karthik Venkataraman India Round 4 $17,000
Lorenzo Lodici Italy Round 4 $17,000
Matthias Blübaum Germany Round 4 $17,000
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave France Round 4 $17,000
Nils Grandelius Sweden Round 4 $17,000
Parham Maghsoodloo Iran Round 4 $17,000
Peter Leko Hungary Round 4 $17,000
Pranav V India Round 4 $17,000
R Praggnanandhaa India Round 4 $17,000
Radosław Wojtaszek Poland Round 4 $17,000
Richárd Rapport Hungary Round 4 $17,000
Shant Sargsyan Armenia Round 4 $17,000
Vincent Keymer Germany Round 4 $17,000
Yu Yangyi China Round 4 $17,000
Anish Giri Netherlands Round 3 $11,000
Benjámin Gledura Hungary Round 3 $11,000
Bogdan-Daniel Deac Romania Round 3 $11,000
Daniel Dardha Belgium Round 3 $11,000
Diptayan Ghosh India Round 3 $11,000
Evgeniy Najer FIDE flag Round 3 $11,000
Georg Meier Uruguay Round 3 $11,000
Gukesh Dommaraju India Round 3 $11,000
Ivan Šarić Croatia Round 3 $11,000
Ivan Zemlyanskii FIDE flag Round 3 $11,000
Jeffery Xiong United States Round 3 $11,000
Jorden van Foreest Netherlands Round 3 $11,000
Kirill Alekseenko Austria Round 3 $11,000
Michael Adams England Round 3 $11,000
Mustafa Yılmaz Turkey Round 3 $11,000
Nikolas Theodorou Greece Round 3 $11,000
Nodirbek Abdusattorov Uzbekistan Round 3 $11,000
Pouya Idani Iran Round 3 $11,000
Pranesh M India Round 3 $11,000
Rasmus Svane Germany Round 3 $11,000
Robert Hovhannisyan Armenia Round 3 $11,000
S. L. Narayanan India Round 3 $11,000
Salem Saleh United Arab Emirates Round 3 $11,000
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Azerbaijan Round 3 $11,000
Shamsiddin Vokhidov Uzbekistan Round 3 $11,000
Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis Greece Round 3 $11,000
Thai Dai Van Nguyen Czechia Round 3 $11,000
Titas Stremavičius Lithuania Round 3 $11,000
Vidit Gujrathi India Round 3 $11,000
Vladimir Fedoseev Slovenia Round 3 $11,000
Vladislav Artemiev FIDE flag Round 3 $11,000
Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş Turkey Round 3 $11,000
Abhimanyu Mishra United States Round 2 $7,000
Ahmed Adly Egypt Round 2 $7,000
Aleksandar Inđić Serbia Round 2 $7,000
Alexander Motylev Romania Round 2 $7,000
Alexandr Fier Brazil Round 2 $7,000
Alisher Suleymenov Kazakhstan Round 2 $7,000
Andy Woodward United States Round 2 $7,000
Aravindh Chithambaram India Round 2 $7,000
Aronyak Ghosh India Round 2 $7,000
Arseniy Nesterov FIDE flag Round 2 $7,000
Aryan Tari Norway Round 2 $7,000
Aydin Suleymanli Azerbaijan Round 2 $7,000
Baadur Jobava Georgia Round 2 $7,000
Bai Jinshi China Round 2 $7,000
Bardiya Daneshvar Iran Round 2 $7,000
Bassem Amin Egypt Round 2 $7,000
Bobby Cheng Australia Round 2 $7,000
Bojan Maksimović Bosnia and Herzegovina Round 2 $7,000
Bu Xiangzhi China Round 2 $7,000
Cristóbal Henríquez Villagra Chile Round 2 $7,000
Daniil Yuffa Spain Round 2 $7,000
David Antón Guijarro Spain Round 2 $7,000
David Navara Czechia Round 2 $7,000
Denis Makhnev Kazakhstan Round 2 $7,000
Dmitrij Kollars Germany Round 2 $7,000
Ediz Gürel Turkey Round 2 $7,000
Étienne Bacrot France Round 2 $7,000
Faustino Oro Argentina Round 2 $7,000
Felix Blohberger Austria Round 2 $7,000
Gergely Kántor Hungary Round 2 $7,000
Grigoriy Oparin United States Round 2 $7,000
Haik M. Martirosyan Armenia Round 2 $7,000
Hans Niemann United States Round 2 $7,000
Ian Nepomniachtchi FIDE flag Round 2 $7,000
Ivan Cheparinov Bulgaria Round 2 $7,000
Johan-Sebastian Christiansen Norway Round 2 $7,000
Jorge Cori Peru Round 2 $7,000
Kacper Piorun Poland Round 2 $7,000
Karthikeyan Murali India Round 2 $7,000
Kazybek Nogerbek Kazakhstan Round 2 $7,000
Luis Paulo Supi Brazil Round 2 $7,000
Maksim Chigaev Spain Round 2 $7,000
Martin Petrov Bulgaria Round 2 $7,000
Max Warmerdam Netherlands Round 2 $7,000
Maxim Rodshtein Israel Round 2 $7,000
Maxime Lagarde France Round 2 $7,000
Niclas Huschenbeth Germany Round 2 $7,000
Nihal Sarin India Round 2 $7,000
Nijat Abasov Azerbaijan Round 2 $7,000
Nikita Petrov Montenegro Round 2 $7,000
Nikita Vitiugov England Round 2 $7,000
P. Iniyan India Round 2 $7,000
Rauf Mamedov Azerbaijan Round 2 $7,000
Raunak Sadhwani India Round 2 $7,000
Ray Robson United States Round 2 $7,000
Surya Shekhar Ganguly India Round 2 $7,000
Temur Kuybokarov Australia Round 2 $7,000
Tin Jingyao Singapore Round 2 $7,000
Vasyl Ivanchuk Ukraine Round 2 $7,000
Velimir Ivić Serbia Round 2 $7,000
Vladislav Kovalev FIDE flag Round 2 $7,000
Volodar Murzin FIDE flag Round 2 $7,000
Wang Shixu China Round 2 $7,000
Wesley So United States Round 2 $7,000
Abdullah Ahmed Al-Rehaily Saudi Arabia Round 1 $3,500
Adham Fawzy Egypt Round 1 $3,500
Ahmad Ahmadzada Azerbaijan Round 1 $3,500
Akar Ali Salih Salih Iraq Round 1 $3,500
Alah Edienne Boulrens Algeria Round 1 $3,500
Aldiyar Ansat Kazakhstan Round 1 $3,500
Angel Gabriel Cordoba Colombia Round 1 $3,500
Ante Brkić Croatia Round 1 $3,500
Arturs Neikšāns Latvia Round 1 $3,500
Bành Gia Huy Vietnam Round 1 $3,500
Bilel Bellahcene Algeria Round 1 $3,500
Bomo Kigigha Nigeria Round 1 $3,500
Chitumbo Mwali Zambia Round 1 $3,500
Constantin Lupulescu Romania Round 1 $3,500
Daniel Barrish South Africa Round 1 $3,500
Daniel Quizon Philippines Round 1 $3,500
David Silva Angola Round 1 $3,500
Diego Flores Argentina Round 1 $3,500
Divya Deshmukh India Round 1 $3,500
Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason Cuba Round 1 $3,500
Eldiar Orozbaev Kyrgyzstan Round 1 $3,500
Emre Can Turkey Round 1 $3,500
Facundo Vázquez Uruguay Round 1 $3,500
Farai Mandizha Zimbabwe Round 1 $3,500
Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo Madagascar Round 1 $3,500
Ganzorigiin Amartüvshin Mongolia Round 1 $3,500
Harshavardhan G. B. India Round 1 $3,500
Heskiel Ndahangwapo Namibia Round 1 $3,500
Himal Gusain India Round 1 $3,500
Igor Efimov Monaco Round 1 $3,500
Ilan Schnaider Argentina Round 1 $3,500
Isaak Huh South Korea Round 1 $3,500
Jacques Elbilia Morocco Round 1 $3,500
Jaloliddin Ilkhomi Tajikistan Round 1 $3,500
Jan Šubelj Slovenia Round 1 $3,500
Jegor Lashkin Moldova Round 1 $3,500
Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso Colombia Round 1 $3,500
Karen H. Grigoryan Armenia Round 1 $3,500
Kevin Joel Cori Quispe Mexico Round 1 $3,500
Kirk Ghazarian United States Round 1 $3,500
Krikor Mekhitarian Brazil Round 1 $3,500
Leon Luke Mendonca India Round 1 $3,500
Levan Pantsulaia Georgia Round 1 $3,500
Li Yiheng Hong Kong Round 1 $3,500
M. R. Lalith Babu India Round 1 $3,500
Manon Reja Neer Bangladesh Round 1 $3,500
Mateusz Bartel Poland Round 1 $3,500
Mircea Pârligras Romania Round 1 $3,500
Mohamed Alam Palestine Round 1 $3,500
Mohammad Fahad Rahman Bangladesh Round 1 $3,500
Mohan Kavin Malaysia Round 1 $3,500
Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov Uzbekistan Round 1 $3,500
Nagi Abugenda Libya Round 1 $3,500
Neelash Saha India Round 1 $3,500
Orlando Husbands Barbados Round 1 $3,500
Oscar Qin New Zealand Round 1 $3,500
Pablo Salinas Herrera Chile Round 1 $3,500
Paul Velten France Round 1 $3,500
Peng Xiongjian China Round 1 $3,500
Prin Laohawirapap Thailand Round 1 $3,500
Raja Rithvik R India Round 1 $3,500
Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage Sri Lanka Round 1 $3,500
Read Samadov Azerbaijan Round 1 $3,500
Roberto García Pantoja Colombia Round 1 $3,500
Santiago Avila Pavas Colombia Round 1 $3,500
Saparmyrat Atabayev Turkmenistan Round 1 $3,500
Satbek Akhmedinov Kazakhstan Round 1 $3,500
Satriya Duta Cahaya Indonesia Round 1 $3,500
Sebastian Bogner Switzerland Round 1 $3,500
Sergei Lobanov FIDE flag Round 1 $3,500
Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux Canada Round 1 $3,500
Shiyam Thavandiran Canada Round 1 $3,500
Siddharth Jagadeesh Singapore Round 1 $3,500
Sion Radamantys Galaviz Mexico Round 1 $3,500
Steven Rojas Peru Round 1 $3,500
Trần Thanh Tú Japan Round 1 $3,500
Üürtsaikhyn Agibileg Mongolia Round 1 $3,500
Zoubaier Amdouni Tunisia Round 1 $3,500

Andrey Esipenko won the match for third place, which pays more than fourth. Until 2019 there was no such match, and the two beaten semi-finalists were paid the same.

Chess World Cup 2025 by federation

What each federation's players took home

82 federations

India (24) $240k Uzbekistan (5) $195k FIDE flag (11) $175k United States (12) $158k China (6) $126k Germany (7) $119k Armenia (5) $63k Hungary (4) $52k Mexico (3) $42k Azerbaijan (6) $39k Iran (3) $35k France (4) $35k Turkey (4) $32k Serbia (3) $31k Netherlands (3) $29k Vietnam (2) $28k Kazakhstan (5) $28k Poland (3) $27k Romania (4) $25k Greece (2) $22k

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money was there at the Chess World Cup 2025?

$2,000,000, paid to all 206 players in Goa from 31 October 2025 to 27 November 2025.

How much did Javokhir Sindarov win at the Chess World Cup 2025?

$120,000, 6.0% of the pot. Wei Yi was paid $85,000 as runner-up.

How much did a first-round loser get at the Chess World Cup 2025?

$3,500. 78 players went out in the first round, and they took $273,000 between them, 14% of the pot.

Did the Chess World Cup 2025 pay more than 2023?

Yes. It paid $2,000,000 against $1,834,000 in 2023, with 206 players against 206.

Which country won the most at the Chess World Cup 2025?

India, whose 24 players took $239,500 between them.

Where to next

The players paid in Goa, and every other World Cup

Paid in Goa

Every other World Cup

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